By Njie Bonwali Josseph
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| Fon Kum Gilbert disappointed with politicking in Fungom |
Menchum Division, in the
Northwest Region of Cameroon has been noted for politics of bitterness. Yet Fungom
sub Division seemingly has had a fair share of it. The Member of Parliament for
Menchum North, Hon. Ndong Larry Hills was almost beaten to death by his
District chairman for Fungom, Ngong Rex. Allegedly, the long accumulated
political grievances finally exploded during a village development meeting at
Bafmen in the presence of Fon Anneng Francis, CPDM Polibureau member. Though in
detention and has been sacked from the SDF, it is clear that Menchum especially
Fungom is the Eldorado of politics of bitterness just like Nkambe in Donga
Mantung Division. The most pathetic thing is that politics in this part of the
country has been moved into school milieu with some political kingpins using it
to settle political scores.
In 2011, government saw the need to create Government
Technical College Kung, in Fungom sub Division yet three years have passed
without any Principal being sent to manage the functioning of the school and as
well, without any sign of proof that the college will go functional.
A school of thought holds that a certain
self-proclaimed political kingpin of the CPDM has vowed that the college will
not function as the Fon of the Kung Second Class Fondom has continuously
elected to criticize the undemocratic, mal-governance and gerontocratic
political CPDM Government.
Tension is reported in
Kung village especially as it is rumoured that the population has to disburse a
sum of two hundred and fifty thousand francs (250 000) to obtain a land title
for the college. Allegedly, a sum of 220.000 (hard earned currency) has been
disbursed to this effect with the hope that the school will go functional this
year, yet all hopes have been lost as school resumed this week without a
Principal being appointed to head the college. Some of the villagers are
pointing accusing fingers at the CPDM bigwigs for frustrating the future of
their kids and the entire village. When contacted the Fon of Kung lamented that
“I find it politically and democratically unacceptable that, a Government which
pretends to be initiating a democratization process in the country, treats its
citizens in a very relentless, inglorious and egregious manner, because, my
subjects and I have elected a critical political stand against the
mal-Governance practices of the CPDM regime”. Fon Kum Gilbert argued that “I
seriously frowned at the electoralist creation of this politicized school,
which was sanctioned by a Prime Ministerial decree no: 2011/2141/PM, dated
the 5th of August 2011, as a result of its non functioning mechanisms 3 years
after its creation”. Fon Kum Gilbert who is a Consultant Lobbyist
accredited to the French and European Union Parliaments, argued that “I
seriously frowned at the electoralist creation of this politicized school.
He said when he discovered that politicians wanted to
hijack the school for different motives, in consultation with other village
dignitaries, the President of Kung Development and Cultural Association—KUDECA
was sacked because, he used the Development Association’s finances to transport
Kung subjects right to Yaoundé to visit and thank a politician who purported to
have created the GTC Kung.
It is feared
that some gate crashers must have destroyed that letter given the corrupt
nature and incompetence of some of these CPDM politicians.
“My arguements are founded with the facts
that, other schools that where created at the same time and with the same Prime
Ministerial Decree went operational since the academic year 2011/12” he told us
on phone.
“Therefore, my questions are why has this electoralist
and political discrimination mechanism been relentlessly invested in my Kung
fondom? Is my Fondom having no right to get access in and to the establishment
of the national resources and development attributes and resources on our
fatherland as defined and established by our fundamental principles? Why should
the creation of schools be used as electoral and political blackmail
instruments by the CPDM regime? In Political Science, such political behaviours
constitute and fulfil the characteristics of a banana state functional regime.
I am not scared and afraid of any CPDM politicians and or administrators who
believe they can use state resources and political attributes and mechanisms in
hindering the progress and development of its citizenry. With such skeleton
political behaviours, how can we attain the 2035 millenium goal as constantly
propagandized by the CPDM regime? I really cast some political doubts if these
politicians and administrators hindering the progress of their fatherland are
real patriots, politicians or political marchandizers. If Cameroon would have
been a democracy, their qualifications as politicians and administrators really
need to go through a scrutiny test mechanism.
Education being a right and not a favour should
not suffer from the mal-governance practices that are being orchestrated on our
fatherland by incompetent CPDM administrators and politicians. I don't give any
recognition and opportunity to those naked undemocratic and what I will qualify
in my own words as a primitive political mal-governance behaviour from those
CPDM guys there”. I think that, the Divisional
Delegate of Secondary education is incompetent and as well, a member of the
CPDM regime who could be immediately sacked from office, if Cameroon was a bona
fide democracy.
When contacted,
Muh Kah Mathiew confirmed that the sum of 220.000 FCFA has been disbursed to
acquire a land certificate for the school. All attempts to get to the
Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education for Menchum and Divisional Chief of
State Property and Land Tenure were not fruitful.
It should be noted that
the Kung Development and Cultural Association whose main objectives and
"raison d'être" are principally based on development and cultural
activities/projects has not been having it easy with the local administrators.
In reacting to the moves
by politicians and administrators to frustrate development efforts in his
village, Fon Kum Gilbert said that “democracy and good governance cannot be
conjured when citizens and their communities are being deprived from their fundamental
rights, which are considered to be a favour by a gerontocratic dilapidating
CPDM regime. How can they be maltreating and viciously depriving my Fondom and
subjects the right to education, when education is the backbone of all
developed, democratic and enlightened societies/countries in the World.
Education being a democratic right as enshrined by international conventions
and instruments in which, Cameroon is a signatory member cannot be subjected
and used as a politically and purely electoralist instrument in the development
of my Fondom and as well, against my Fondom”. Fon Kum Gilbert said he will
spare no efforts to draw the attention of the permanent representative of
UNESCO in Cameroon, and other democratic and human rights institution in and out
of Cameroon, notably, the UN, EU, CONAC and others, to know that, in Cameroon
the creation and functioning of government educational institutions are
electorally politicized, which substantiates the unfounded, mal-governance and
corrupt reason why, the electoralist created GTC Kung has not yet still gone
operational till date, meanwhile, other schools created by the same Prime
Ministerial decree had gone operational since the academic year 2011/12.
He continued that
“It is politically established now that, because I called on my subjects to
vote against the CPDM during the Presidential elections of 2011, has grounded
and handicapped the mechanisms that could enable this school go operational
since its creation. Again in the year 2013, during the twin electioneering
exercise, I personally served my subjects with an electoral and political
advice titled "WHERE IS THE SCHOOL", and assigned some of my subjects
to carry out a door to door campaign programme against the CPDM in my
Fondom. I am politically and Traditionally determined and ready to face
any CPDM pseudo politician in the area or in Cameroon who politically thinks
that, my arguments are not founded, taking into consideration the elements and
facts surrounding this electoralist politically created school in my Fondom”.
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